# Trucking Company Email List: Local Carriers, Checked Emails

URL: https://leadraft.co/leads/trucking-companies
Summary: Build a trucking company email list for any city, county or ZIP: freight carriers, terminals, hot shot and dump truck operators on Google Maps, emails checked.

Lead lists by industry · Last updated November 3, 2026

# Trucking company email list: every local carrier, terminal and freight hauler in your area

Leadraft builds a list of trucking businesses from Google Maps for the area you choose: freight carriers and their terminals, flatbed and refrigerated haulers, dump truck and hot shot operators, freight brokers and logistics companies. Each business comes with its phone, website, address, rating, reviews, hours and social profiles, plus up to 5 emails found on its own website. Every email is checked against the live mailbox and graded **Verified**, **Accept-all** or **Invalid**, and invalid ones are never exported.

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-   60,137long-distance truckload freight trucking establishments with paid employees (NAICS 484121, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 484121, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload)
-   7,792long-distance truckload establishments in California, the largest state (NAICS 484121, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 484121, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload)
-   2.2 millionheavy and tractor-trailer truck driver jobs in the US (2025)Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers

## How big is the trucking company market?

Trucking is mostly small fleets. The Census Bureau counted 60,137 long-distance truckload carrier establishments with paid employees in 2023 (NAICS 484121), and that's only one slice: local freight, less-than-truckload and specialized haulers have their own codes, and owner-operators with no payroll aren't counted at all. California (about 7,800 truckload establishments), Illinois (7,000) and Texas (6,300) lead by a wide margin, then Florida (3,900), Pennsylvania (2,200), Michigan (2,100) and Georgia (2,000). The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts about 2.2 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck driver jobs. On Google Maps you'll find the carriers that keep a yard, terminal or office with a listing; that's the part of the market that buys local services like truck repair, tires, fuel cards, insurance and parking. Small fleet owners decide fast and are on the phone all day.

## How many trucking companies are there in each state?

California, Illinois and Texas have the most. The Census Bureau counted 60,137 establishments in **General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (NAICS 484121)** across the 50 states and DC in 2023. These are locations with paid employees, so one-person businesses aren't included and the real number of businesses is higher. Use it to size a market before you build the list.

| Rank | State | Establishments (2023) | Share of US |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | California | 7,792 | 13.0% |
| 2 | Illinois | 6,973 | 11.6% |
| 3 | Texas | 6,318 | 10.5% |
| 4 | Florida | 3,866 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 2,160 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Michigan | 2,058 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Georgia | 1,967 | 3.3% |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1,952 | 3.2% |
| 9 | Ohio | 1,902 | 3.2% |
| 10 | Indiana | 1,776 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Washington | 1,719 | 2.9% |
| 12 | New York | 1,486 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Missouri | 1,347 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Tennessee | 1,162 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 1,141 | 1.9% |
| 16 | Minnesota | 1,051 | 1.7% |
| 17 | New Jersey | 934 | 1.6% |
| 18 | Oregon | 924 | 1.5% |
| 19 | Iowa | 921 | 1.5% |
| 20 | Virginia | 913 | 1.5% |
| 21 | South Carolina | 787 | 1.3% |
| 22 | Alabama | 766 | 1.3% |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 762 | 1.3% |
| 24 | Arizona | 754 | 1.3% |
| 25 | Kansas | 733 | 1.2% |
| 26 | Arkansas | 636 | 1.1% |
| 27 | Kentucky | 618 | 1.0% |
| 28 | Colorado | 603 | 1.0% |
| 29 | Utah | 602 | 1.0% |
| 30 | Nebraska | 553 | 0.9% |
| 31 | Idaho | 541 | 0.9% |
| 32 | Mississippi | 483 | 0.8% |
| 33 | Nevada | 483 | 0.8% |
| 34 | Massachusetts | 441 | 0.7% |
| 35 | Louisiana | 427 | 0.7% |
| 36 | Maryland | 419 | 0.7% |
| 37 | South Dakota | 318 | 0.5% |
| 38 | Montana | 279 | 0.5% |
| 39 | North Dakota | 273 | 0.5% |
| 40 | Connecticut | 244 | 0.4% |
| 41 | New Mexico | 208 | 0.3% |
| 42 | Maine | 189 | 0.3% |
| 43 | Wyoming | 177 | 0.3% |
| 44 | West Virginia | 125 | 0.2% |
| 45 | Delaware | 88 | 0.1% |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 76 | 0.1% |
| 47 | Alaska | 63 | 0.1% |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 57 | 0.1% |
| 49 | Vermont | 52 | 0.1% |
| 50 | Hawaii | 12 | 0.0% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 6 | 0.0% |

Source: [US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (state file)](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data/datasets.html), all legal forms.

## What's in a trucking company lead list

Every row is one trucking company business found on Google Maps inside the area you chose, with its email found on its own website and checked against the live mail server. These are the columns that matter most for trucking companies:

| Field | Why it matters for trucking companies |
| --- | --- |
| **category / categories** | Separates asset carriers (Trucking company) from brokers and logistics companies (Logistics service, Freight forwarding service). Fuel cards and truck repair sell to carriers; load boards and factoring sell to both, with different pitches. |
| **address + distance + in\_area** | A trucking listing is usually a yard or terminal. For truck repair, tire, towing and parking businesses, distance from your shop is the whole qualification. |
| **email + grade** | Small carriers often publish a dispatch@ or a free webmail address. **Verified** means the mailbox exists; **Accept-all** means the domain takes any address, a maybe. The free\_provider column flags Gmail and Yahoo addresses, common with owner-operators. |
| **emails (up to 5, with role and source)** | Larger carriers list dispatch, safety, recruiting and billing addresses. The role column lets you send a safety pitch to safety and a factoring pitch to billing or the owner. |
| **phone** | Trucking runs on the phone. The listed number is often the owner's or dispatcher's cell, so dial by hand and follow the TCPA for calls and texts. |
| **hours** | Carriers listing 24 hours run nights and weekends and need around-the-clock repair, towing and dispatch support. Weekday-only listings are usually offices or smaller fleets. |
| **website** | Many small carriers have no website or a one-page site. That's a lead for web, recruiting and branding offers, and a sign the owner handles everything. |

About 45 columns in all, including up to five emails per business with their role and source, and eight social networks. See a [sample export](https://leadraft.co/sample/leadraft-sample.csv).

## Search terms that find every trucking company

No single keyword finds them all. Businesses file themselves under different Google Maps categories and describe themselves in different words, so a complete list searches every variant across the whole area, then removes duplicates.

**Search terms:** trucking company, freight trucking, trucking services, truckload carrier, ltl carrier, freight company, freight carrier, flatbed trucking, refrigerated trucking, reefer trucking, tanker trucking, dry van trucking, hot shot trucking, dump truck service, dump truck hauling, heavy haul trucking, intermodal trucking, drayage company, car hauler, auto transport company, livestock hauling, grain hauling, freight broker, logistics company, truck terminal, expedited freight, box truck delivery.

**Google Maps categories:** Trucking company, Freight forwarding service, Logistics service, Shipping company, Delivery service, Courier service, Transportation service.

Leadraft includes these in its [Commercial services keyword pack](https://leadraft.co/keyword-packs#commercial-services) (57 terms), and suggests more in your country's vocabulary when you type a trade.

## Who sells to trucking companies, and what works

-   **Truck repair, tire and roadside service shops.** Fleets near your shop are the best leads. Use a radius around your location and lead with response time, bay availability and a fleet account.
-   **Freight factoring companies.** Small carriers often wait weeks for broker payments. Offer a clear advance rate, same-day funding and no long contract, and target fleets with no website or a free email address, which usually means a small operation.
-   **Commercial truck insurance agencies.** Insurance is a big cost for a small fleet and renews every year. Lead with a renewal review and segment by cargo type, since reefer, flatbed and dump each price differently. See [commercial insurance leads](https://leadraft.co/blog/commercial-insurance-leads).
-   **Fuel card, ELD and fleet software vendors.** Fuel discounts, ELD compliance, dispatch and maintenance tracking. Owners want savings per gallon or per truck per month, stated plainly.
-   **Driver recruiting and CDL schools.** Carriers hire constantly. Offer qualified driver applicants or training partnerships, and target fleets whose sites have a careers or apply page.
-   **Shippers and brokers looking for capacity.** Manufacturers and brokers who want local carriers for a lane can list every trucking company within a radius of a plant or port and reach out directly.

## How to segment and qualify a trucking company list

### Carriers vs brokers

Brokers and logistics companies don't own trucks. Tag rows by category and keep them apart; repair, tires and fuel cards are for carriers only.

### By equipment

Search flatbed, reefer, tanker, dump truck, hot shot and car hauler terms separately and tag each row by the term that found it. Insurance, equipment and parts differ by trailer type.

### Around a hub

Draw a polygon around an industrial corridor, port or interstate interchange, or set a radius around your shop. Trucking clusters near freight, not near city centers.

### Small fleets

No website, a free email address and few reviews usually mean a small fleet where the owner drives or dispatches. They decide fast and want simple pricing.

### Newly opened carriers

New carriers need insurance, factoring, ELDs and a repair shop all at once. A [monitor](https://leadraft.co/product/monitors) on your area surfaces new trucking listings as they appear on Google Maps.

## How to reach trucking companies

### Call early, email short

Dispatch starts before dawn. Owners and dispatchers are easiest to reach early morning or late afternoon. Keep emails to a few lines that read well on a phone.

### FMCSA data is a separate source

The FMCSA publishes registration data on interstate carriers (USDOT numbers, fleet size, safety records). It's a different public source from Google Maps. A Leadraft list gives you the local carriers with a yard or office listing, their website emails checked, and their phone and hours; you can match the two by name and address if you need both.

### Lead with dollars per truck

Trucking margins are thin. A specific saving per gallon, per truck or per invoice, stated in the first two lines, lands better than a feature list.

### CAN-SPAM and TCPA

Commercial email to businesses is covered by CAN-SPAM: honest subject lines, your physical address and an opt-out that you honor. Many listed trucking numbers are cell phones, so calls and texts fall under the TCPA: dial by hand and don't send marketing texts without consent. Read our [cold email laws guide](https://leadraft.co/blog/cold-email-laws) and get legal advice for your setup.

## How to find trucking company leads: build the list in four steps

1.  **Choose the place.** A city, county or ZIP code, a radius around an address, or a shape you draw on the map (or a KML file).
2.  **Search every variant.** Start from the terms above. Leadraft splits large areas into tiles so you get the businesses past Google's first few hundred results, and keeps only the ones inside your area and in the trade.
3.  **Preview before you pay.** The free preview shows real businesses already found there, with emails masked.
4.  **Export or push.** Download CSV or XLSX, or send the Verified emails straight to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot with your suppression list applied. Each business is charged once, ever.

## Trucking companies lead lists: questions

How do I find trucking company leads?

Pick the city, county or ZIP code you sell into, or draw a radius around your shop, search terms like trucking company, flatbed trucking, dump truck service and freight carrier, and let Leadraft collect every matching business on Google Maps inside that area. It finds up to 5 emails on each company's own website and checks every mailbox, so you export only Verified and Accept-all emails.

How many trucking companies are there in the US?

The Census Bureau's County Business Patterns counted 60,137 long-distance truckload freight establishments with paid employees in 2023 (NAICS 484121). Local trucking, less-than-truckload and specialized freight have separate codes, and owner-operators without payroll aren't counted, so the full number of trucking businesses is much larger. The FMCSA's carrier registration counts interstate carriers by USDOT number, which is a different measure again.

Should I use FMCSA data or Google Maps for trucking leads?

They answer different questions. FMCSA data lists registered interstate carriers, including many small operators with no office listing. A Leadraft list is built from Google Maps, so it's the carriers with a yard, terminal or office in your area, with website emails checked and phone and hours included. For local services like repair, tires, towing and insurance, the local list is usually the one you can act on.

Are the emails verified?

Each email is checked against the company's mail server and graded Verified (the mailbox exists), Accept-all (the server accepts any address, so it's a maybe) or Invalid (never exported). Emails come from the company's own website, with the page each was found on.

How much does a trucking company email list cost?

Leadraft charges one business credit per company, once, and one checked-email credit per verified email you take out. Illinois has about 7,000 long-distance truckload establishments with employees (Census 2023). A list of that size fits the Starter plan ($19 a month for 25,000 businesses and 1,000 checked emails); if you want 3,000 verified emails, Growth ($49, 5,000 checked emails) covers it in one month. Many small carriers publish only a phone number, so expect fewer emails per business than in office-based trades. The Free plan gives you 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month to test one area first.

Do you include owner or driver names?

No. Leadraft lists businesses, not people. You get the emails each company publishes on its own website, often dispatch@ or info@ and sometimes the owner's own, with the role and the page it was found on.

## Sources

1.  1.[US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 484121, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload)](https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2023/econ/cbp/2023-cbp.html) · US and state files, establishments with paid employees, released 2025.
2.  2.[US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.htm) · 2,221,200 jobs in 2025, across all industries.
3.  3.[FMCSA: Registration and USDOT numbers](https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration)
4.  4.[FTC: CAN-SPAM Act, a compliance guide for business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business)
5.  5.[FCC: Stop unwanted robocalls and texts (TCPA consent rules)](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-robocalls-and-texts)

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